BIWABIK, Minn. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The
Green Bay men's and women's Nordic skiing teams competed at the St. Scholastica
Invitational at Giants Ridge over the weekend, with both teams finishing fourth
in Saturday's classic and Sunday's freestyle races.

Sophomore
Matt Nichols (Wausau, Wis.) paced
the Phoenix on both days, turning in an impressive fourth-place finish (53:45.7)
in the 20.5-kilometer freestyle event on Sunday after finishing 18th (36:32.8)
in Saturday's 11.6K classic race. Junior Eddie Gurney (Brookfield, Wis.) was the runner-up for Green Bay in both events,
placing 11th in the freestyle (56:20.8) and 22nd in the classic (37:05.0).

Sophomore
Kailey Mucha (Soldotna, Alaska) led
the Phoenix women with a pair of top-10 finishes, taking eighth in the 15.7K
freestyle (50:43.7) on Sunday and placing ninth in the 5.8K classic (20:15.2)
on Saturday. Sophomore Hanne Guthrie
(Chanhassen, Minn.) also turned in a pair of strong finishes, rounding out the
top-10 in the freestyle (51:12.2) after placing 14th in the classic (20:42.4)
on Saturday.

For
complete results from the St. Scholastica Invitational, click here.

Green
Bay is next in action on Feb. 2-3 at the CCSA Championships, hosted by Northern
Michigan in Marquette, Mich.